Main survey variable: infsave Informal savings

Informal savings

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Money and finances Financial assets Savings Type of account

Individual variables

Variable name	Variable label	Datafile
infsave1	Informal savings: belonging to a credit union (cooperative - owned and managed b	indresp
infsave2	Informal savings: belonging to a savings club, or micro-banking	indresp
infsave3	Informal savings: saving informally with work colleagues, friends or family	indresp
infsave4	Informal savings: putting money in a jar or envelope or somewhere at home	indresp
infsave5	Informal savings: asking a relative or friend to save or look after money for yo	indresp
infsave6	Informal savings: buying gold or jewellery	indresp
infsave96	Informal savings: spontaneous: none of these	indresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

wealthassetsanddebt_w4.infsave

Question label:

Informal savings

Question text:

Do you currently save money in any of these ways?

Question universe:

if GRIDVARIABLES.EMBoost = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.GPCompare = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.LDA = 1 | ff_NewImm = 1 (Part of the EMBoost, GP Comparison or LDA sample or is a recent immigrant)

Question interviewer instructions:

CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Saved variables

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infsave

Datafile

Index term

Individual variables